What’z Been Up Thiz Week?

We know with Spring fast approaching,  few people have the patience to sit and read the news.  BUT CHECK THIS OUT… We have found some nuggets of pure comedy gold for your reading pleasure:

Here is what’z been up:

News flash! Senator (and former Presidential candidate and America’s great maverick) John McCain is no longer a maverick!

In a recent statement McCain told Newsweek that he “never considered [himself] a maverick.” Huh???

Let’s do a poll:

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No, this is not a late April Fools’ Day joke — he really is saying this. To be honest, we’re really not sure how to take it. Because, being a maverick has defined McCain’s 23 year career in the Senate. So what does this make him now?

Shown above, The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart brutalizes McCain for his flip-flopping/apparent amnesia.

Or maybe it is our fault. Perhaps for years we have been labeling the Senator as a free spirit, and the conformist McCain has just been too polite to correct us until now.

There is also speculation that McCain is moving further right to compensate for a Tea-Partier primary opponent…

Family Day At the Gun Range:

In an attempt to soften their image, the Michigan Militia is hosting a family field day. Their slogan, which is “Show, shout, shoot, then sip some tea with us,” exemplifies the good old fashioned fun some families can have by shooting things.

The group is trying to negate the backlash created after the FBI arrested members of the Hutaree militia several weeks ago.

Mr. Chuckles:

Any wise-cracker knows a sharp tongue can get you into trouble. A Qatari diplomat found that out late Thursday night.

Apparently the diplomat, Mohammed al-Madadi, was smoking in the lavatory of an airplane (a practice which is frowned upon) and was asked to stop.

It was at that point that he made a smart (in this case dumb) remark that he was lighting his shoes on fire . . . to a US Marshal.

For a period of time last night the incident was reported as an actual shoe-bombing attempt, but has since been proven as a case of wise-ass-ness (or is it, wise-assed-ness?). Mohammed has full diplomatic immunity meaning he cannot be charged, and he gets to smoke and park (almost) wherever he wants.

Some Deep Reading:

Jennifer Senior wrote a piece for New York Magazine looking at the Senate. As regular readers know, we have done a bit of our own analysis.

Anyone interested in becoming more versed in political mumbo jumbo should seriously check it out.

Best For Last:

RNC Chairman Michael Steele is a blogger’s best friend. He is like the chicken who lays golden eggs, and those eggs are great stories.

Well now all the gaffes, scandals, and tension that has been circling the RNC seems to be coming to a head and many are calling for Steele to resign or be fired.

Easier said than done!

There is a concern that if Steele is let go, he will cause more problems than his termination will solve.

If fired, Steele could go on a media campaign to discredit a lot of people in the party. So it seems the GOP is locked in a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t style dilemma.

Steele is regarded as a loose cannon, and the problem is he will do damage no matter what happens.